NYT: G.O.P. Senators Criticize Iraq Plan

[DeepModem Mom]

G.O.P. Senators Criticize Iraq Plan
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: January 29, 2007

....“What I’ll be doing is trying to appeal to my Republican colleagues to not pass a nonbinding resolution that basically says to the troops who are going there this is a mission that doesn’t have a chance of succeeding,” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said on “Face the Nation” on CBS.

But on the same program, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said, “I cannot support sending additional troops to Iraq.”

On “This Week” on ABC, Senator Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana, said the resolutions were “not helpful” to the new American commander, Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, or “to the troops, to the Iraqis.”

On “Fox News Sunday,” Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, a Republican presidential contender, said he was considering voting for a resolution criticizing the plan. That resolution also lays out benchmarks for the Iraqis to achieve and states that the Senate’s intention is not to countermand the president’s authority as commander in chief.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a more harshly worded resolution criticizing the plan. Its backers include Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/washington/29repubs.html

[AX10]

1. 2008 election. That's what it comes down to for the GOP.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. GOP congressmen were too frightened to complain before

now for the GOP it's every man for himself (and woman)

[saltpoint]

3. God what a puke that Dick Lugar is.